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der and lightning . " The clause " worship him , all ye Gods , " i . e . all ye idol-deities , * is introduced with singular beauty and force by the
denunciation , " Confounded be all they that serve graven imuges ^ that boast themselves of idols J" By the righteous , or the jlist one , in ver . 11 , Bishop H . understands Christ in his human character : than which a more
gratuitous and chimerical notion was never conceived bv the wildest theologiau . The righteous is the righteous nation , in opposition to the wicked mentioned in the preceding verse . t In the next discourse [ Rom . iv , 25 , Who was delivered for our offeytces , tyc ] the prelate labours to shew that
Christ's death was " an expiatory sacrifice in the most literal meaning of which the words are capable . " His reasoning , has no originality . Some pertinent and sensible reflections , however , are intermixed with the doctrinal part of this sermon : and towards the conclusion we meet with
a passage of considerable energy and eloquence . This we shall transcribe , after we have laid before our readers Dr . Horsley ' s ideas on juseificatwn . £ 65 . " Our justification is quite a distinct thing from the final absolution of good men in the general judgment . Every
Man ' s final doom will depend upon the diligence which he uses in the present life to improve under the means and motives for improvement which the gospel furnishes . Our justification is the grace "in
which we now stand . " It is that general act of mercy which was previously necessary on the part of God , to render die attainment of salvation possihle to those who who had once been wilfully reb ' el-Jious * " &c .
" Whoever thinks without just indignation and abhorrence of [ on ] the Jewish rulers , who in the phrenzy of envy and resentment—envy of our lord ' s credit with the people , and resentment of his just and affectionate refcukes ^ ^—* spilt his righteous blood ? Let us rather turn the edge of
pur resentment against those enemies wliich ^ while they are harboured in , omr own bosoms , ' war against our souls / and were , more trul y than the Jews , the murderers of our Lord . Shall' the ChristiatV \ re enamoured of the pomp and glhry of the world when he considers ! that for the crimes of man ' s ambition tlie Son of God
* Tons les JDieux des nations . Gencv Vin . ( 1805 . ) t MuoVe , P * xewii . 11 .
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was humbled ? Shall be give himself n » to those covetous desires of the world which were the occasion that his Lord lived an outcast from its comforts ? . Will the disciples of the holy Jesus submit to be the slaves of those base appetites of tht flesh which were indeed the nails which
pierced his Master ' s hands and feet ? Will lie in any situation be intimidated by the enmity of the world , or abashed hy its censures , when he reflects bow his Lord endured the cross and despised the shame ? Hard , no doubt , h the conflict which the Christian must sustain witb the power of the enemy , and with his own passions .
Hard to flesh and blood is the conflict ; but powerful is the succour given , and high is the reward proposed . For thui saith the true and faithful witness , the original [ beginning ] of the creation of God , i To him that overcometh will I grant to sit down with me in my throne , ' " &c .
This style of address is simple and manly ; and far unlike what passes for eloquence with the bulk of auditors and readers . The third of these nine discourses is , on Matt . xx . 23 , "To sit oti my right hand and my left , is not mine to give / * &c . Here the preacher endeavours to evince that our Lord does
not " disclaim all property in the rewards and honours of the future life and all discretionary power in the distribution of them . " And he further reasons against the doctrine of unconditional predestination . Towards the conclusion , he re * marks ,
" Confirmed habftsr of sin heighten the difficulty of-repentance , but such are the riches of God ' s mercy that they exclude wot from the benefits of it . This our Lord was pleased to testify in the choice that he made of his first associates , who , with
the exception perhaps of two or three who had been previously tutored [ instructed ] iff the Baptises School , had been persons of irregful&r , irreligious lives ; and yet tfkese we know are they who hereafter shall be seated on twelve thrones ,
judging- the ^ twelve tribesrof Israel . ' Let ' our readers cast their eyes over tlie catalogue of the aposttes of Christ * and say wfietfher this representation of them be agreeable to trutfr ? The tv * o remaining sermoite have
fot their text * Ephes . iv . SO , " And grieve not the holy spirit of God , whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption . " Iu these tne Bishop treats first of the visible gifts of the Spirit that were communicated to the
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7 £ 8 Review . ' —Bishop ttorsUys \ Nine Sermons .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/30/
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